•Fall has arrived in North Florida this week after a cold front pushedthrough the area. This front will likely continue moving southward andweakening over the southern Peninsula through the week. Highpressure will build in behind it and this will bring plenty of sunshine to thestate each day this week.

•There will still be a minimal chance for an isolated shower and stormover South Florida through the week, but most areas will stay dry andbreezy. With increasing winds out of the east, winds may gust as high as15 to 20 mph each day this week.

•With plenty of sunshine in the forecast high temperatures will peak inthe upper 80s to low 90s statewide and the fall-like feel will really be inplace during the overnight hours. Lows will dip into the mid to upper 60sthroughout most of North Florida and into the mid to upper 70s across•With great beach weather in the forecast this week, our main concernwill be rip currents. Increasing onshore flow along the Atlantic Coast andlingering ocean swells from the distant tropical systems will bring amoderate to high rip current risk along the entire Atlantic Coast. Thesesame strong easterly winds will push wave heights up to 3-5 feet in theGulf and near 4-7 feet along the East Coast. An elevated risk of ripcurrents will also be possible along the Panhandle Coastline through theweek and we encourage everyone to pay attention to flags and warningssigns posted along the beach. Swimming within sight of a lifeguard isalways the safest way to swim.

•Looking at the tropics, while they are quite active this week we are notexpecting any direct tropical impacts throughout the Sunshine State.Both Leslie and Michael are expected to stay well to our east while theytravel in a general northward motion and weaken this week. The newsystem in the central Atlantic is also expected to stay far from Florida asit curves north of the Leeward Islands later this week.